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Socially engaged conceptual artist Mel Chin will appear as the “Legacy and Prospect” keynote speaker at 91���� on Friday, May 6, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. Chin’s free, public lecture in the School of Art will coincide with the grand opening of the Center for the Visual Arts, the School of Art’s new facility and home. Chin, who is noted for his wit and warmth, will discuss his diverse and far-reaching work during the lecture, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Center for the Visual Arts, Room 165. The lecture is preceded by the CVA’s grand opening ceremonies, which begin at 3 p.m. and inclu...

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WKSU presents author, humorist, diarist and public radio favorite David Sedaris at the Akron Civic Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. Tickets for the event are now available for $25, $35 and $45 through the Akron Civic Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster. The Civic Theatre Box Office is located across the street from the theatre on the first floor of the Ohio Building. Tickets may be purchased in person or by calling 330-253-2488. Find more information at www.wksu.org or www.AkronCivic.com. This will be Sedaris’ first Akron engagement since 2010. During the event, Sedaris is expected to ...

The 91���� School of Communication Studies and the College of Public Health will host Internship and Early Career Q&A on April 13 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Moulton Hall Ballroom on the Kent Campus. The event is an opportunity for communication studies and public health majors interested in pursuing internships and careers in the health field to learn more. Graduates and current students will share their experience with attendees about working and interning for the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Crystal Clinic, University Health Services, the International Inst...

Kenneth Burhanna, 91����’s 2015-2016 Provost’s Fellow and assistant dean of engagement and outreach for University Libraries, is one of the 17 top managers of academic research libraries selected for UCLA’s 2016 Senior Fellows Program. This year marks the 18th year the UCLA Senior Fellows Program has been held. The program is directed by Beverly P. Lynch, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA. Lynch was a fellow in the first class in 1982. Since 1982, 250 academic library leaders have participated in the program. Burhanna, who is originally from Gen...

91���� Day at the Cleveland Film Festival is slated for April 6 at Tower City Cinemas in downtown Cleveland. Members of the 91���� community will receive a $2 discount on tickets to any film showing any day of the festival. 91���� alumni, students, faculty and staff should use the code KSU to obtain the special discount. To see the films playing on 91���� Day at the Cleveland Film Festival, visit www.clevelandfilm.org/schedule and select Wednesday, April 6. 91����’s own Michael Loderstedt, professor of art, is the selected artist who designed this year’s Cleve...

Senior applied communication studies student Megan Carrasco will be presenting her thesis work, “The Ideal Millennial Working Woman: A Thematic Analysis of How Professional Identity, Image and Career are Constructed Online,” at the upcoming National Honors Conference. The conference is scheduled for April 1-3 in in Richmond, Indiana at Indiana University East. The conference is an opportunity for Honors students from the Mid-East Honors region to share their research. For Carrasco, the presentation will be a result of work from the past two years. “I have been writing my thesis for the p...

Senior global communication studies student Rachel Morrell will be presenting her senior thesis “The Passion of Christ and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement at 91����: An application of Burke’s Guilt Redemption Cycle and Smelser’s Theory of Collective Behavior” at the Central States Communication Association Convention on Friday, April 15. This presentation will be a culmination of many months of hard work. “I started working on my senior thesis in the Spring 2015 semester because the Honors Senior Thesis Project is a three semester commitment,” Morrell said. “I worked over th...